The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-12


Courts to Deal With 80 Brunswick
Banks Invest in Sites for Buildings
"A Colored Laborer Killed by a Fall.
ing Rock Near Thonaaston.
GEORGIA.
One hundred new buildings are going up
in Tallapoosa.
A competent man is wanted to take
charge Of the academy at Dublin.
The Tallapoosa Journal is one of the neat
est and best edited papers in the State.
A lot has been purchased and the lumber
is now being sawed for the erection OF a
steam laundry in Brunswick by New
York firm.
Hon. Primus Jones, the well-known first
bale man, of Baker county, has raised this
year twenty-eight bales of cotton per mule
farm, besides enormous yields of other
crops.
Frank Morris, in a difficulty in Jones
county Friday, shot aud instantly killed an
other negro Monroe White, about 10 years
old Morris was aided and abetted by his
wife and two daughters.
The usual quiet and peace of Social Circle
was broken last week by the invasion of a
one-horse show. They all got drunk, how
ever, and left without any performance or
disturbance except one or two fights.
Joseph Smiths son, about Is years old,
seven miles below Fairburn, got his hand
and arm caught in gin on yesterday and
had the flesh and bone sawed and lacerated
10 such an extent that amputation was nee
eSsary from the effects of the wound he died
Thursday night.
P. E. Golf and L. b. Hayes, Of Pawtuck-
ct, r. l., are at Augusta for the purpose of
selecting site whereon to erect a factory
for the manufacture of cotton batting, rope
Irvine and yarns. They have selected the
old pistol factory in Dublin, q suburb, which
they will probably purchase.
George McGoolrick, who suddenly left
Macon on Sept. %, and about whom there
was much anxiety, has returned home. He
has been in Louisiana, where he has spent
the time with his uncle, Albert Jeffers,
formerly of Macon. He has had pleasant
trip, but will now remain at home.
Forty-two cases have been returned to
the monthly and quarterly courts for the
Sumter County Court for December Tween
ty-two of these cases would have encum-
bered the docket of the Superior Court,
had not the County Court been in existence
Ten or twelve cases have been returned for
the January term of same court for 1888.
At Brunswick Saturday in the court
room, one of the prisoners Jack White,
country colored man, who had pleaded
another, and was awaiting sentence, began
acting rather strangely and suddenly
screamed ont: Have mercy, have mercy!n
1t is believed by scme that he is crazy.
Next Monday the adjourned term of the
Superior Court will convene at GEORGETOWN
IN which it is expected that considerable
criminal matter will be disposed Of Two
cases Of murder are for trial, Lewis Moore.
for the killing of Rams Wright and Eliza
al frs fha IF Ga
Randall, for which she claims justifable
circumstances.
A party of emigrants from Wisconsin
and Illinois passed through Hawkinsville on
Friday last en- route to Florida They had
Travelled all the way from their Northern
homes in wagons, and had been on the road
since about the 1st of Sept. last They
stated that they were seeking locality that
is clear Of snow and ice, and they will find
it in the Land of Flowers"
William Perdue, a colored man, working
on the Atlanta and Florida railroad, was
killed near Thomaston last Monday. He
was working in a deep excavation, when
an immense rock, which was near the top
OF the cut, got loose in some way, and fell,
striking him on the back of the neck and
killing him instantly. The rock weighed
about 1000 pounds and fell about twenty
feet.
Lewis Askew (colored) killed Joe Miller
lcoloredl on Wednesday evening last. The
killing took place IN the eastern part of
Campbell county. The cause of the trouble
is not known. Lewis Askew walked up to
Miller and said: II understand you have
been talking about me.n Miller replied: 81
have not, whereupon Lewis Askew fired at
Miller with a double-barrel shotgun, the
whole load taking effect in Miller's breast
Miller died about IL o'clock that night.
At Brunswick Friday the Oglethorpe
National bank bought the corner lot on
New Castle street now occupied for fruit
stand, barber shop and cabinet shop The
lot is 30x90 ,et, and brought 5000. There
are three buildings on it, but of very little
value. The bank folks will, during the
next few months, tear down these and erect
handsome structure on the site The
First National bank has purchased the lot
across the street and in front of Lloyd &
Adams also corner lot upon which they
will build themselves home sooner OF later.
Friday, as the up train from Brunswick
came to a full stop, as the law requires, at a
crossing upon the trestle before entering
Albany, two passengers, John Branch and
Ebert Fletcher, of Sumner, thinking the
city had been reached, stepped from the car
and fell from the trestle to the ground be-
meath, a distance of fifteen feet. Mr.. Branch
was injured in the head and had his collar
Done bIOkeH MT. f1eUcler sustained IN
juries about the hip. Both were taken to
the Artesian House, and received prompt
medical attention. They are doing well at
present.
A party of Virginia gentlemen visited S.
r. Salter on his celebrated Mud Creek
Stock Farm in West Dougherty, last week.
The party was composed of J. H. Scales, of
Cascade, Va, the son of Gov. Scales, of
North Carolina, and the Bethel brothers. of
Birdsville, Va. The latter gentlemen have
recently invested in a stock farm, and
wished to invest in pedigreei horses to stock
their farm Mr.. Salter met Mr.. Scales at
the Piedmont Fair in October, and
upon his return to Albany he mailed
him one Of tn, illustrated pamphlets
descriptive Of Albany and Dougherty coun
ty. The visit was the result The Bethe
Bros. bought of Mr. Salter eight horses
ranging from one year to four years old, al
of which were foaled on Mud creek farm
except one, for which they paid the round
gum Of "a, 500. j. II. Scales bought a suck
ing colt, for which he paid $500. These
horses are to be shipped at once to their re
spectiye owners.
At Danielsville, at the September term Of
the Superior Court, Judgment was obtained
against John Moore, husband of Mrs. Huda
Moore, for attorneys fees A motion for &
new trial, was defeated, but served to post
pone collection till the January sale. Sheriff